New Move/Yantra

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om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya

namaste,

Yantra is quite simply a mechanism, apparatus, device or method for holding or

restraining. It comes from the root yam which means 'subdue, hold back or

support etc.'. As such, a bolt for a door is a yantra. The purpose of 'Sri'

Yantra (The symbolic representation of Sakti and the bipolar relationship of

Siva/sakti or microcosm/macrocosm) is not to travel through any elements, per

se, but rather to control/restrain/resolve the volatile outgoing elements of

the introverted mind. The ultimate yantra is atma vichara (Self-enquiry).

Yantra is sometimes used as a synonym for mandala, a diagram which is used as a

meditational 'support' in the subjugation of the mind. There are other wonderful

yantras (devices) such as Siva's Damaru (drum).

19th April, 1937

Talk 405

A respectable and orthodox gentleman asked about Sri Chakra.

Maharshi: It has a deep significance. There are 43 corners with sacred symbols

in them. Its worship is a method for concentration of the mind. The mind is

wont to move externally. It must be checked and turned within. Its habit is to

dwell on names and forms, for all external objects possess names and forms.

Such names and forms are made symbolic mental conceptions in order to divert

the mind from external objects and make it dwell within itself. The idols,

mantras, yantras, are all meant to give food to the mind in its introvert

state, so that it may later become capable of being concentrated, after which

the superb state is reached automatically.

Kind Regards,

Miles

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> The purpose of the Sri Yantra is to meditate through the elements

> of the universe to the Self. It is a step up from using human guru

> forms and the like, as it is quite abstract. It has the effect of

> penetrating the prana right through to the basic attributes. It

> helps in pratyahara and ekagratha, prior to dhyana and samadhi. It

> dissolves one from attaching devotion to forms of any kind,

> although initially it is a form. It leads one to the realisation of the

> untruth and delusion of any kind of manifestation.

>

> The Higher Self has no form and it is we who give it a

> form, any form. Nir-guna cannot act at all through anything, that

is

> a contradiction in terms.

> I suppose when we realise we are just part of a dream, it

> ends.......ONS...Tony.

Namaste,

I have set up a site at advaitajnana

It isn't advertised and it is unmoderated. This is to avoid any

upsetting of some Bhaktas.............ONS..Tony.